Episparis

Episparis
Episparis taiwana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Pangraptinae
Genus:	Episparis Walker, [1857]
Synonyms
NeviascaWalker, [1859] PradiotaWalker, 1866 EpigrypodesTurner, 1936 EpisparinaBerio, 1964 EpisparoniaBerio, 1964

Episparis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.

Description

Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point. ^[1]

Species

• Episparis agnesae Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis angulatilinea Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Episparis brunoi Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis connubens Holland, 1894
• Episparis costistriga (Walker, 1864)
• Episparis emmanueli Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis experimens Walker, 1862
• Episparis farinosa Bryk, 1915
• Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
• Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
• Episparis grandis Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis hannemanni Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894
• Episparis homoeosema Hampson, 1926
• Episparis hyalinata (Holland, 1920)
• Episparis jacquelina Swinhoe, 1902
• Episparis lamprina Holland, 1894
• Episparis leucotessellis Hampson, 1902
• Episparis liturata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Episparis lunata Holland, 1894
• Episparis malagasy Viette, 1966
• Episparis minima Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis monochroma Hampson, 1926
• Episparis okinawensis Sugi, 1982
• Episparis penetrata Walker, [1857]
• Episparis sinistra (Holland 1894)
• Episparis spilothyris Viette, 1956
• Episparis sponsata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Episparis sylvani Pelletier, 1982
• Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
• Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867
• Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)
• Episparis vitrea (Saalmuller, 1891)
• Episparis xanthographa Hampson, 1926

References

1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Savela, Markku. "Episparis Walker, [1857]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.